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EP2428471A1
EP2428471A1 EP11176569A EP11176569A EP2428471A1 EP 2428471 A1 EP2428471 A1 EP 2428471A1 EP 11176569 A EP11176569 A EP 11176569A EP 11176569 A EP11176569 A EP 11176569A EP 2428471 A1 EP2428471 A1 EP 2428471A1
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Johann Hüttner
Martin Seger
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G23/00—Driving gear for endless conveyors; Belt- or chain-tensioning arrangements
    • B65G23/02—Belt- or chain-engaging elements
    • B65G23/18—Suction or magnetic elements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/34—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor 
    • B65G47/46—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor  and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points
    • B65G47/51—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor  and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination
    • B65G47/5104—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor  and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination for articles
    • B65G47/5109—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor  and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination for articles first In - First Out systems: FIFO
    • B65G47/5113—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor  and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination for articles first In - First Out systems: FIFO using endless conveyors
    • B65G47/5118—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor  and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination for articles first In - First Out systems: FIFO using endless conveyors with variable accumulation capacity
    • B65G47/5131—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor  and distributing, e.g. automatically, to desired points according to unprogrammed signals, e.g. influenced by supply situation at destination for articles first In - First Out systems: FIFO using endless conveyors with variable accumulation capacity by relative displacement between conveyors or conveyor parts and bridging means therebetween

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  • the invention relates to a conveyor system according to the preamble of patent claim 1.
  • a conveyor system for transporting the bottles, for example PET bottles, between different stations.
  • several conveyor paths may be provided, between which the bottles are to be transferred for distribution or sorting.
  • a variable capacity memory may be incorporated into the conveyor system which caches bottles delivered in the event of failure or malfunction of a station and not assumed at the same rate, or provides enough bottles at a faster rate of decrease to provide a time buffer within which, ideally, the Disruption is eliminated so that the bottle handling machine is continuously operable.
  • a conveyor system of a bottle treating machine in which formed in memory designed as a memory two adjacent guides are spirally arranged, in which at least a portion of an endless loop of the bottle carrier chain is guided and driven, and where a carriage with two mirror-image transfer guides is movable to the capacity of the memory can vary depending on demand.
  • the bottle carrier chain is driven directly along the guides, is a special link chain and carries the upper side plate-shaped bottle carrier or bottle gripper. In the respective transfer area, the bottle carrier chain is released from the guide by means of mechanical aids of the transfer guide, guided and deflected in the transfer guide, and returned to the other guide with mechanical aids.
  • Out EP 0 581 143 B is a conveyor system of a cigarette processing machine is known in which either a single chain-like conveyor element is used simultaneously to initiate the drive movement and to carry the load, or in two separate guides each a load-bearing conveyor element is driven independently.
  • a variable capacity storage is incorporated, which has at least one transfer guide for deflecting the flow from one guide to the other guide. In the case of only a single endless conveyor element this is solved in the transfer area of a guide, transferred and used again in the other guide.
  • the transfer guide is designed as a bridge-shaped conveying element, which decreases the cigarette flow from a conveying element, transfers and applies to the other conveying element.
  • EP 1 161 391 B is a goods conveyor system with a variable capacity storage is known in which two goods carrier chains are guided and driven in two side-by-side guides that simultaneously fulfill a load carrying function.
  • a rotatable conveyor disc between the guides and along this is arranged to move, which is simultaneously driven in rotation by two Gutisme chains to receive goods, transfer and reload to the other goods carrier chain can.
  • Out EP 1 232 974 B is a substantially rectilinear conveyor system for the same or similar items known, which are treated in the piece goods processing in several processing steps.
  • a guide is provided for a goods carrier chain, which only fulfills a load carrying and conveying function.
  • On both sides of the guide toothed belt gears or drive wheels are arranged, which are driven at a rotational speed corresponding to the desired conveying speed, and this rotational speed transferred to the Gutmé chain with which they overlap a certain distance.
  • the transmission of the drive speed is effected by magnetic action by the belt drives or drive pulleys carry series of permanent magnets, and magnetically acted on the individual Gutmén Gutler chain anchor parts or magnets are arranged.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a conveyor system of the type mentioned above, which is reliable, universally variable operable, and is subjected in operation only moderate forces and stresses, and in which no wear and no contamination of the bottles occur in a transfer area.
  • the conveyor system should preferably be characterized in a memory by a low-cost and easy training and a low-wear and patisunanrizen operation.
  • each tension member has only driving function to record without significant loads or support. It is a drive of the tension element by one or more motors possible, which, preferably, can be arranged closely behind one another, so that the effective tension in the pulling element can be kept at a low level.
  • the tension element can therefore be relatively filigree and lightweight, whereby its resistance to movement remains low, and only small masses are to move. Since the bottle carrier chain has only the load-carrying and the promotional function and promotes bottles in the transfer area as along the guides, it can be composed of simple bottle carriers, which are coupled in curves and derive the load directly on guide elements, without burdening the traction elements.
  • the magnetic couplings allow a slip-free transmission of tensile forces, which are distributed evenly along the entire overlap length between the guide and the run of the bottle carrier chain, so that the bottle carrier chain as well as each tension member are subjected to only a small local tension, which the couplings between Bottle carriers sparing and a lightweight and cost-effective design of the bottle carrier chain allows.
  • the guides are mainly used to guide the driven tension members and can be easily formed.
  • each magnetic coupling is released and engaged by a relative movement of at least one bottle carrier relative to the pulling element, which is forced by the transfer guide. Thanks to the air gap between the bottle carrier and the tension element prevails a relatively precisely predictable and under the magnetic clutches largely consistent holding and guiding force, which degressively after a slight relative movement decreases sharply or is reached progressively immediately after a slight final relative movement. This means that only at the very beginning and at the very end of a transfer significant forces have to be transferred between the transfer management and the bottle carriers. The magnetic couplings are loosened and engaged gently, so that the bottles are not subjected to appreciable vibrations.
  • the invention is particularly useful for a conveyor system with a memory, wherein in the memory, the transfer guide can be along the guides for the traction elements movable transfer reversal bow for the then endlessly formed bottle carrier chain.
  • the tension members are driven along the guides in opposite directions at variable speeds, preferably independently.
  • the magnetic couplings are automatically released and engaged by the action of the transfer reversal arch on the bottle carrier chain in the transfer area.
  • the magnetic clutches work wear-free over long service lives and without diminishing the coupling effect. Furthermore, they and their effect are not susceptible to gases, jets or liquids often used in bottle handling machines.
  • two or more than two guides are provided, each with only one tension element. At least two of the tension elements are driven in the same directions and synchronously.
  • the transfer guide is either a switch for the lane change of the bottle carrier chain between the same direction driven tension elements, or conveying paths of the conveyor system, or a transfer reversal bow for deflecting the bottle carrier chain between in opposite directions and optionally driven at different speeds pulling elements.
  • This embodiment can cooperate with a variable capacity memory, or operate without memory, to distribute or sort bottles into different conveying paths without having to place a continuous bottle carrier chain in each conveyor path.
  • the tension member does not have to perform a load-bearing function, it can be an inexpensive and simple and lightweight link chain.
  • the bottle carrier chain and the link chain can have the same or different pitches between the links or the bottle carriers. Different pitches are possible because the tension members always run along their guides, and only the bottle carrier chain either along the guides or through the transfer area.
  • successive bottle carrier either in a pivot joint or in a pivoting sliding joint in preferably only two opposite directions are pivotally or pivotally coupled.
  • the swivel joint can have a joint axis which is substantially perpendicular to the drive direction of the tension element and, suitably, is also perpendicular to the plane in which the transfer guide lies.
  • each magnetic coupling has at least one permanent magnet and a magnetically attractable by the air gap of the permanent magnet anchor member or second permanent magnet with opposite magnetic polarization on the tension element and a bottle carrier.
  • the air gap is determined by guide elements of the tension element and the bottle carrier chain.
  • the magnetic coupling is opened by increasing the air gap
  • the release movement is a parallel relative wiping movement without significant change in the width of the air gap.
  • the holding force of the magnetic coupling is in the second case due to the decreasing in the relative wiping surface coverage between the cooperating magnetic elements slightly more harmonious than in the first case with rapid opening of the magnetic coupling.
  • the respective engagement process runs exactly the same way, only vice versa.
  • the bottles are transported, e.g. standing, lying, hanging or the like.
  • the bottle carrier chain is guided either above or below the tension element or laterally beside it.
  • the permanent magnets or anchor parts may be plate-shaped or disk-shaped and are arranged on support surfaces which are either on the outside of the tension element or the bottle carrier, or are sunk, so that there are no projections.
  • At least one magnetic coupling is provided for each bottle carrier.
  • several magnetic couplings could be provided for each bottle carrier, if it is longer in the conveying direction bottle carrier, or some bottle carrier could be promoted even without magnetic coupling.
  • each bottle carrier at least one bottle footprint, preferably, with at least one stop for a bottle, or at least one bottle gripper, depending on the desired transport of bottles.
  • the bottle carrier chain designed inexpensively and easily, which requires in conjunction with a graceful and lightweight link chain as a tension element despite high conveying speeds only relatively low driving forces.
  • the transfer reversing sheet has at least one guide element acting on the bottle carrier chain on the outside of the sheet as a transfer guide for the bottle carriers so that they are guided cleanly in the transfer area be since there the leadership and support effect of the magnetic couplings temporarily eliminated.
  • the tension element is driven, preferably outside the storage or in this, by at least one conveyor motor. Thanks to the concept of separation of functions, however, several conveying motors arranged one behind the other could be provided along the tension element in order to distribute the driving forces and to keep the local stresses in the tension element low. Several conveyor motors can then be arranged even close to each other.
  • At least one frame-fixed side guide element of the tension element can simultaneously form a load-bearing and the air gap adjusting guide element for example, the underside of the bottle carrier.
  • This dual function of the side guide means a structural simplification and ensures compliance with the air gap.
  • the guides of the tension elements can be arranged curved. Preferably, they follow a spiral or helical path in a storage tower.
  • the tension member is formed as a link chain and equipped either on the side facing the inside of the curvature of the guide side with rollers or supported there on rollers in the guide in order to keep the resistance to movement as low as possible.
  • the rising of the link chain under the pulling force on the outside of the bow can be easily prevented by fingers under a guide member of the guide refusing to climb on the link chain.
  • One result is a low-vibration, low-noise and steady running of the link chain even at high conveying speeds.
  • An advantageous embodiment is characterized in that train chains are replaced by a continuous series of shuttles, although the shuttles are no longer mechanically connected to each other, but are still driven in combination.
  • Advantageous is a speed-dependent electrical control of the incoming and outgoing shuttles. The selection of such a control greatly simplifies the control effort.
  • the coupling of a carrier chain to the so-called "train shuttles" trained shuttles can also be done mechanically or magnetically or in combination by means of a detachable connection. In the area of a deflection, the carrier chain is guided similarly as a so-called energy chain.
  • Fig. 1 shows a section of a conveyor system FS, for example, a bottle treatment machine E, wherein the conveyor system FS between not shown, bottles P supplying and / or processing stations of the bottle processing machine E extends.
  • a memory S be formed, for example, as a storage tower with spiral-track-like or double helical conveying paths 3, 4.
  • rectilinear conveying paths 1, 2 deliver the bottles P on or from, of which in the memory S a variable number is temporarily stored.
  • rectilinear conveying paths 1, 2 deliver the bottles P on or from, of which in the memory S a variable number is temporarily stored.
  • the respective conveyor paths 1, 2, 3, 4 guides are provided which are in Fig. 1 are not highlighted, but for example on the basis of Fig. 2 and 3 be explained.
  • At least one transfer guide T is provided in the memory, in the embodiment shown an approximately 180 ° overlapping transfer reversing sheet 5 which is movable in the direction of a double arrow 6 between the conveying paths 3, 4 in order to vary the capacity of the store S.
  • the bottles P are transported standing, hanging, lying or in any manner with a bottle carrier chain K (e.g., an endless loop).
  • the bottle carrier chain K consists of curved bottle carriers 7 which are coupled to one another in a curved manner.
  • the Fig. 2 and 3 illustrate a transfer area between the conveyor paths 3, 4.
  • a first tension element Z1 is guided in a first, a left-curvature following guide F1.
  • the tension element Z1 is, for example, a link chain consisting of elements 11 coupled to one another in a curvilinear manner with pivot joints 12 which are located between the outside and inside sides Guide elements 13, 19 runs, being provided on the Inn side rollers 14 on the members 11 or the guide member 13 and on the outer side of the curve curvature of the guide member 19 cross lugs 20 which prevent rising of the tension member Z1 under the tensile force.
  • the traction element Z1 is, for example, by one or more, optionally close to each other placed, conveying motors M ( Fig.
  • the drive speed of the tension element Z1 is variable, for example.
  • a second tension element Z2 is guided, which may be driven by at least one own conveyor motor (not shown).
  • the first and second guides F1, F2 extend, preferably, over a certain conveying path distance with a constant distance next to each other in a plane T ', which is parallel to the plane of the transfer guide T.
  • the drive speeds of the two tension elements Z1, Z2 can be the same or different and variable.
  • the transfer guide T is slidably guided in the direction of the double arrow 6 along the guides F1, F2, as is conventional for such memory.
  • the directions of movement of the tension elements Z1, Z2 are opposite to each other. Depending on which movement speed of both tension elements Z1, Z2 is higher, the transfer guide T moves with the tension element Z with a dependent on the speed difference relative movement speed, which runs faster. As a result, the capacity of the memory is increased or decreased, that is, either more bottles P can be temporarily stored in the memory S than are taken off, or more bottles P can be taken off than are supplied. If the movement speeds of the two tension elements Z1, Z2 are nominally equal, the transfer guide T remains in place (rate of decrease of the bottles P corresponds to the delivery rate).
  • the bottle carriers 7 are coupled to each other by swivel joints 8 in a curvilinear manner.
  • pivotal sliding joints could be provided here, which also ensure the curve.
  • the bottle carrier 7 are, for example.
  • Plastic injection molded parts in the in the Fig. 2 and 3 shown embodiment have top-side bottle-standing surfaces 25, preferably, with an external stop 27 ( Fig. 3 ) for additionally securing a standing bottle P.
  • the links 11 of the link chain of the tension elements Z1, Z2 may be plastic injection molded parts, expediently with metallic reinforcements, or may consist of metal.
  • the tension elements Z1, Z2 transmit the drive speed to the load-carrying bottle carrier chain K, and a guiding action in the direction of movement on the bottle carrier 7, the tension elements Z1, Z2 can be graceful, relatively light and simple link chains.
  • each tension element Z1 is transmitted to the run of the bottle carrier chain K, which extends over a certain distance congruent with the respective tension element Z1, Z2, by a plurality of magnetic clutches C via an air gap 18 (FIG. Fig. 3 ) transfer.
  • Each magnetic coupling C (it may be provided for each bottle carrier 7 at least one magnetic coupling C) consists in the embodiment shown, for example, a permanent magnet 10 on a member 11 of the link chain and a magnetically opposite polarized permanent magnet 9, here at the bottom of a bottle carrier 7 could be provided only one permanent magnet 9 or 10, and the other magnetically acted component be an anchor part.
  • the permanent magnets 9, 10 are plate-shaped or disc-shaped and mounted on support surfaces 21, 23.
  • the support surfaces 21, 23 may be located on the outer sides of the members 11 and the bottle carrier 7, or, as shown, sunk in recesses 22, 24, so that the permanent magnet 9, 10 or the respective anchor member does not project, but possibly even something steps back.
  • the inside and outside guide elements 19, 13 for the tension element Z1 are arranged fixed to the frame.
  • the tops 18 of the guide elements 19, 13 at the same time form a guide track for the underside 16 of each bottle carrier 7, so that the air gap 18 is maintained between the tension element Z1 and the bottle carrier chain K, and also the magnetic components of the magnetic couplings C do not contact each other.
  • the coupling force in each magnetic coupling C acts in the embodiment shown approximately perpendicular to the plane T ', in which the transfer guide T deflects the bottle carrier chain K from one tension element Z1 to the other Z2.
  • Each bottle carrier 7 is forced into a relative pivoting movement in the pivot joint 8 relative to the member 11 of the tension element.
  • the pivoting movement takes place in the plane T 'of the transfer guide T, wherein the respective magnetic coupling C is released or engaged in a parallel, wiping movement course.
  • the transfer guide T configured as a transfer reversal bow 5 can have an additional guide element 17 for transfer, for example for the upper outer edge of each bottle carrier 7, which cooperates both when releasing and when engaging the magnetic coupling C and during the transfer or deflection movement.
  • the engaged magnetic couplings C not only transmit the drive speed, but stabilize and guide the current bottle carrier chain A.
  • Sectionally and schematically indicated concepts of conveyor systems FS at least two adjacent guides F1, F2 are provided, in each of which a tension element Z1, Z2 is performed.
  • the tension elements Z1, Z2 are driven in the same direction, for example synchronously or at different speeds.
  • the transfer guide T is designed as an operable or permanently installed switch W, in order to enable the bottle carrier chain K driven by the respective pulling element Z1 or Z2 to sort, for example, sort or distribute bottle flows, to change lanes.
  • the bottle carrier chain K is coupled there to the respective tension element F1, F2 via magnetic couplings C, where runs of the bottle carrier chain K coincide with the tension elements Z1, Z2.
  • Fig. 4 also illustrates at least two conveyor motors M, which are arranged to drive at least one, several or all tension elements behind each other, preferably in close succession.
  • the third tension element Z3 which is driven in the direction opposite to the direction of movement of the first and second tension elements Z1, Z2 opposite direction.
  • the nominal speed of the third tension element Z3 can be equal to the nominal drive speed of the other tension elements Z1 and / or Z2, or different and / or variable.
  • the transfer guide T is in turn transfer reversal arc 5, which deflects the bottle carrier chain K, for example, over 180 ° and, if appropriate, can be moved in the direction of the double arrow 6.
  • the automatically releasable and engageable magnetic clutches C provided to transmit the respective drive speed slip-free on the bottle carrier chain K.
  • the bottles remain on the bottle carrier chain K while it changes the track or the conveying path. Only one bottle carrier chain K (eg an endless chain) is required, and to drive it two or three or more simple pulling elements Z1 - Z3.
  • the coupling force acts parallel to the plane T ', in which the transfer guide T, the relative movement of the bottle carrier chain K forces relative to the respective tension member Z1 to perform a transfer to solve the magnetic coupling by folding or folding automatically or congresstücken.
  • the tension element Z1 is guided between the inner and outer side guide elements 13, 14 of the guide F1, while each bottle carrier 7 is guided on the frame-fixed guide 15 and laterally in a guide element 15 ', for example with guide rollers 14 under the coupling force of the magnetic coupling C.
  • on the bottle carrier 7 at least one bottle gripper 26 is arranged on the upper side, which holds a bottle P, for example, lying.
  • the bottle carrier chain K could also be arranged below the respective tension element Z1, Z2 and be driven by this and guided and supported on guide elements.
  • the permanent magnets 9 and / or 10 are suitably made of neodymium or other rare earth, so that they have high power density with a small size and low weight over long periods.
  • the bottle carrier chain K of the embodiment of the FIGS. 7 and 8 in turn consists of curvatures coupled together bottle carriers 7.
  • the individual bottle carrier 7 are magnetically or mechanically releasably connected to the members 11 in operative connection.
  • the links 11 may also be referred to as a shuttle.

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